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This page contains useful links to online resources for the study of Early China.
CHANT Database, D.C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts
Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive (Wesleyan University)
Digital Archives of Bronze Images and Inscriptions, Academia Sinica
Scripta Sinica, Academia Sinica
TLS - Thesaurus Linguae Sericae
Lexicon of Pre-Qin Oracle, Bronze Inscriptions and Bamboo Scripts (Academia Sinica)
Multi-function Chinese Character Database (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Bibliography of Oriental Studies at Kyoto University
Classical Historiography for Chinese History (Princeton University)
Paul R. Goldin’s academia.edu page – includes bibliographies of Western language scholarship on “Ancient Chinese Manuscripts,” “Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern China,” “Ancient Chinese Civilization,” and “Principal Translations of the Thirteen Classics”
Huang Wen-Yi’s上窮碧落下黃泉 Blog – announces and introduces new works about early and early medieval China
New Books Network (East Asian Studies) – announcement and interviews with authors of new books in East Asian Studies, including early China titles
The Institute of Archaeology, CASS
International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History
Society for East Asian Archaeology
Southeast Early China Roundtable (SEECR)
The Stanford Ancient Chinese and Mediterranean Empires Comparative History Project (ACME)
Tang Center for Early China (Columbia University)
Asia for Educators (Columbia University)
Instructional Videos on Early China (compiled by Jens Østergaard Petersen)
Robert Eno’s Resources on Traditional China: Translations and Course Materials
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization (by Patricia Ebrey)